Feeding & Swallowing

Feeding problems can be very stressful for both parents and the child. As feeding therapists, it is our role to help the child and their family establish safe, efficient, and pleasurable feeding experience. By setting realistic expectations, feeding therapists act as the advocate for the child and family. Working together with Paediatricians, Dieticians, and Maternal Child Health Nurses can help provide holistic intervention to help with feeding problems. 

Speech Pathologist Kamini Jaganathan has expertise in feeding, eating and swallowing difficulties in infants and children aged 0-3 years. Areas of feeding problems that Kamini is able to work with include: 

- sucking, swallowing, and breathing coordination

- difficulties breastfeeding or bottle feeding

- coughing, choking or gagging on fluid or food

- oral aversion 

- have poor endurance or fatigue during feeding 

- tongue and/or lip tie 

- tube feeding, tube weaning

- difficulties transitioning to solids, texture progression 

- oral motor difficulties

- fussy or picky eaters